# Employer firms in North Carolina

Employer firms in North Carolina was 175,992 in 2023. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

- Indicator id: `employer_firms`
- Place id: `us-state-37`
- Unit: count
- Definition: Number of firms in the private nonfarm sectors covered by the US Census Bureau Business Dynamics Statistics. Establishments under common ownership form one firm.
- Note: Excludes nonemployer businesses and other activities outside the BDS scope. A firm operating in several states or counties is counted in each area, so geographic counts cannot be added to reproduce the national total. This differs from the INE DIRCE active-company count, which includes businesses without employees. Past values can be revised.
- Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Business Dynamics Statistics: employer firms, all covered industries, nation, states and counties (https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st.csv)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-10
- License: Public domain (US federal government work, citation requested)
- Citation: U.S. Census Bureau. Business Dynamics Statistics: employer firms, all covered industries, nation, states and counties. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st.csv. Retrieved 2026-10-10.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/employer-firms/north-carolina
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/employer-firms/north-carolina.csv
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=employer_firms&place=us-state-37

| Period | count |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 175,992 |
| 2022 | 173,080 |
| 2021 | 168,067 |
| 2020 | 163,706 |
| 2019 | 162,204 |
| 2018 | 159,822 |
| 2017 | 157,390 |
| 2016 | 154,855 |
| 2015 | 151,782 |
| 2014 | 149,938 |
| 2013 | 149,525 |
| 2012 | 149,422 |
| 2011 | 148,754 |
| 2010 | 150,216 |
| 2009 | 152,595 |
| 2008 | 158,706 |
| 2007 | 159,658 |
| 2006 | 157,059 |
| 2005 | 153,350 |
| 2004 | 150,189 |
| 2003 | 147,003 |
| 2002 | 145,758 |
| 2001 | 145,560 |
| 2000 | 144,609 |
| 1999 | 143,872 |
| 1998 | 141,587 |
| 1997 | 138,432 |
| 1996 | 134,507 |
| 1995 | 131,563 |
| 1994 | 127,086 |
| 1993 | 123,565 |
| 1992 | 120,939 |
| 1991 | 120,586 |
| 1990 | 121,691 |
| 1989 | 118,684 |
| 1988 | 115,456 |
| 1987 | 111,871 |
| 1986 | 109,100 |
| 1985 | 105,338 |
| 1984 | 101,694 |
| 1983 | 95,056 |
| 1982 | 92,092 |
| 1981 | 93,170 |
| 1980 | 92,914 |
| 1979 | 92,374 |
| 1978 | 88,862 |